Textile spool



Jan. 1925- 1,523,788

I. OLIVER TEXTILE SPOOL Filed Aug. l5, 1924 jaaaa Ofiiuew Patented Jan. 20, 1925.

ISAAC OLIVER, F BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK.

' TEXTILE SPOOL.

Application filed August 13, 1924. Serial No. 731,809.

To (1 whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC OLIVER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Binghamton, in the county of Broome and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Textile Spools; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. 7 I

This invention relates to textile spools, and the object of the invention is to provide a spool of the character referred to provided with a wooden barrel and hard fibre heads united in a practically integral structure, so as to adapt the heads to withstand severe strains, and prevent the assembled parts of the finished spool from being broken apart or becoming loose from the strains to which such spools are subjected in practical use, any strain on the heads themselves being taken up by metal bushings or sleeves arranged within bushings or sleeves of wood and inserted in the ends of the wooden barrel in such manner as to form a positive lock or fastening means whereby the heads, wooden barrel and bushings are firmly secured together so that they cannot be easily torn apart or broken, thus producing the strongest possible asscnlbly. and giving a wearing surface on the spindle for a much longer period of time than is possible with wooden bearings or spools as heretofore ordinarily constructed and giving the maximum life to the spool itself. i

The invention will first be hereinafter more particularly described, with reference to the accompanying drawings, which are to be taken as a part of this specification, and then pointed put in the claims at the end of the description.

In said drawings, Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of a textile spool embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of one of the metal bushings detached;

Fig. 3 .is a sectional view taken on the line of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of a modified form of the device shown in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Referring to said drawings, in which the same reference characters are used to denote corresponding parts in different views, the letter A denotes the barrel of the spool, which is constructed of wood in cylindrical form having secured thereto heads B of hard fibre, preferably vulcanized fibre. Metal bushings C, preferably of the form shown in Fig. 3, each having a flange 0 on the outer end thereof and a cylindrical body portion 0 exteriorly fluted or knurled to form longitudinal ribs or ridges, are driven into central openings through the hard fibre heads, (or the fibre heads ma be driven or pressed on the knurled or bodyportions of the bushings), said bushings each having tightly fitted thereon a wooden sleeve or bushing D, between the outer end of which and the flanged end or head of the bushing C the hard fibre head B is secured. The wood and metal bushings are inseparably secured together so as to firmly bind the hard fibre head between the outer end of the wood bushing and the flanged end of the metal bushing by upsetting or expanding the inner ends of the metal bushings by means of a suitable tool or in any suitable manner, so as to spread said ends outwardly into engagement with 7 'the beveled or rounded inner end portions uted of the wood bushings, whereupon glue or other suitable adhesive substance is applied to the exterior of the wood bushings, or to the interior ends of the wooden'barrel, or both, and the cylindrical portions of the united wood and metal bushings are then driven into the ends of the wooden barrel, with the hard fibre heads attached, thus securing the several parts together in such manner that they cannot be broken or torn apart, except by actually breaking the barrel of the spool, which is a strain seldom if ever brought on aspool in textile use, and as thus assembled any strain on the heads is taken up by the metal bushings or sleeves which, being flanged at each end and exteriorly knurled or fluted on the cylindrical body portion thereof, form a positive lock or fastening by which the hard fibre head and associated wood and metal bushings are inseparably secured together and to the wooden barrel.

In Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings, instead of outwardly turning the inner end of the metal bushing by upsetting or expanding said innerends after inserting them in the .ends of the barrel, as shown in Fig. 1, the metal bushing has a preformed outwardly turned inner end portion of flange 0 the flange c at the head portion thereof being of larger diameter than the flange 0 and a two-part bushing C of wood, in cylindrical form, each part being substantially semicircular, is fitted about the exteriorly knurled body portion of the metal bushing, between the end flanges thereof, and the cylindrical portions of the assembled wood and'metal bushings are then forcibly driven into andthrough the central openings in the hard fibre heads (or'said heads forced on the bushings), whereupon, glue or other adhesive being applied to the wood bushings or barrel, or both, said body portions of-the bushings are inserted in the ends of the spool, thus firmly securing the hard fibre heads between the ends of the wooden barrel and the flanges on the outer ends or'head portions of the metal bushings, as shown in Fig.- l of the drawings. Preferably a tooth c, is formed on the inner side of the flange cg'atthe-outer end of the metal bushing, to engage a recess or niche formed in the outer side of the hard fibre head to receive said ends thereof by exteriorly knurled met-a1 ings, and said sleeves having an adhesive substance applied thereto for securing them within the ends of the barrel.

A textile spool comprising a wooden barrel with hard fibre heads secured on the ends thereof bymetal bushings having fluted body portions driven through central openings in the heads and inserted in the ends of the barrel, said bushings having outer end flanges between which and the i ends of the barrel said heads are confined, and wooden sleeves driven or pressed on said bushings so as to confine the head between the outer end thereof and the flanged end of the metal bushing; said sleeves bem confined on the bushings between the en flanges thereof and outwardly turned inner end portions of the bushings and having an adhesive substance applied thereto for securing them within the ends of the barrel.

3. A textile spool comprising a wooden barrel with hard fibre heads secured on the ends thereof by metal bushings having fluted body portions driven through central openings in the heads and inserted in the ends of the barrel, said bushings having outer end flanges between which and the ends of the barrel said heads are confined, and wooden sleeves driven or pressed on said bushings so as to confine the head between the outer end thereof and the flanged end of the metal bushing; said sleeves being confined on the bushings between the end flanges thereof and outwardly turned inner end portions of the bushings and having an adhesive substance applied thereto for securing them within the ends of the barrel; said outwardly turned inner end portion of the bushing being formed by upsetting or expanding said end against the inner beveled end of the sleeve.

4. A textile spool comprising a wooden barrel with hard fibre heads secured on the ends thereof by metal bushings having exteriorly fluted or knurled body portions driven through central openings in the heads and inserted in the ends of the barrel, said bushings having flanges on their outer ends between which and the ends of the barrel said heads are confined, and wooden sleeves driven or pressed on said bushings so as to confine the head between the outer end thereof and the flanged end of the bushing, said sleeves having their inner ends beveled and said bushings having their inner end portions upset or expanded against the beveled ends of the sleeves, said sleeves having an adhesive substance applied thereto Ifor securing them within the ends of the )arrel.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ISAAC OLIVER. \Vitnesses FRANK A. DAVIS, F. A. WHEELER. 

